MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. Yerevan should be ashamed of itself for planning to interrogate 103-year-old World War II veteran Rosaliya Abgaryan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"We cannot but see this messaging as a continuation of steps taken by Yerevan, as this looks like a mockery of our common history and memory. We all remember that the ‘sovereign’ politicians and officials of the republic did not find the courage to besiege [Vladimir] Zelensky, who threatened to attack the Victory Day Parade on Red Square from the Armenian capital. We perfectly remember the public attempts of the newly appointed head of one of the educational institutions of the Defense Ministry of Armenia to whitewash the Nazis, as well as the house arrest of the chairman of the Union of Veterans of the Republic during the pre-election period under absolutely far-fetched pretexts. Now, the Armenian justice system, which is switching to ‘democratic’ European standards, has reached Abgaryan," Zakharova said in a comment.
"You'd be hard-pressed to find clearer evidence of the moral and spiritual decay that leads to rapprochement with the modern faceless, morally impoverished Europe and fraternization with the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. Especially when it comes to Armenia, where, it would seem, respect and reverence for elders have always been the cornerstone of the Caucasian national identity.
